Vanity case



.lune 26, 1923. 1,460,192

H. R. BARR VANITY CASE Filed Jan. 24. 1923 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 IN V EN TUR. /f/mr fi. im

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June 26, 1923. Mmmm H. M. @AWN VANITY CASE Filed Jan. 24 1923 3 She'cs-Shem 2 ELE". E..

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Patented .lune 26, l92ffh UNITED ,STTES 4.PUltTllliI'l' OFFICE.

HARRY t. BARR, F PHILiDELI-I'lillh llENFISYLVA'NIA, ASIGNOR F N-THR '.'II CHRISTIAN BOYD EIALHJMMIAE fililD UNE-THIRD TO E. BYERS, BTLB E GHAMBERSBURG, PENNSYLWAMll-lt.

Application led January 219.-, 1923.

To all 'u1/710m t may con/cern.'

Be it known that Hanna Bann, a citizen oil? the United States, residimgl at Philadelphia, in the county oit' lihiladelphia and State oi Fennsylvania, has invented cer tain new and useful Improvements in Vanity Cases, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to vanity cases,

and more particularly to receptacles having' a mirror and adapted to contain compacts of toilet preparations, such as powder and rouge, and pads or puits ttor applying` them.

One ot the objects cil the invention is te provide a simple construction of this kind in which the mirror and powder and rouge may all be accessible at the same time, and may be conveniently and readily used.

Another object ot the invention is to provide simple and effec-tive means for retaining the compacts of rouge and powder in place and means tor retaining a rouge pui-l:1 or pad on its compact.

Still further objects oi the invention and details of construction will be apparent trom the 'following specification when taken to `ether with the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure l is a perspective view showing a vanity case embodying the invention, the. parts being shown in closed position.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the case shown in Fig. l, with the parts positioned so that the case is open and ready ior use, and with the rouge and powder pu's in place.

Fig. 3 is a central vertical sectional view ot the structure shown in l.

Fig. l is a partial perspective view simi lar to Fig. l, but showing a modied form. of latch for holding; the mirror in closed position.

Fig. 5 is a detail view in perspective of a member :tor latching the compact-receiving` compartments together.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view oi' another structure embodying the invention.

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the structure shown in Fig. 6 with the mirror in extended position.

Fig. 8 is a sectional view taken on line 8 --8 ot Fig. 6.

Fig. 9 is a sectional view ta-lien on line 9 (if ii.

Serial No. (514,583.

Fig. l0 is a central vertical sectional view oi' another embodimentof the invention.

Fig. ll is a horizontal sectional view taken on line 1,1*11 oi' Fig. l0, showing the bottom ot the mirror.

Fig. l2 is a detail view in perspective of the structure of the mirror latch shown in Figs. l() and l1.

Fig. 13 is a plan View of the rouge putt' shown in Fig. l0, and

Fig. liis a detail view in. perspective showing another form ol mirror latch.

.fis shown in l. to 3, the vanity case comprises an upper compartment ilv and a lower compartment l2 connected by a hinge 13, the parts ot which are welded or otherwise suitably secured to the compartments. The lower compartment is prefer ably formed with a circumferential bead la near its upper edge to limit the closing movement of the upper compartment, the bead la being; broken tol receive the hinge, as shown in Fig. 3, and the hinge is positioned with its pivot pin slightly below the edge of the lower compartment l2.

it mirror 15 is carried in a trame 16 which covers the baclr ot the mirror and is provided with a circumterental flange 17 which is turned over to hold the mirror in place, and the mirror l5, with its trame, is pivotally secured to the upper compartment l2 by a pivot pin i8, shown in Fig. 5, which has a T-head 19 held between the body ot the traine 1G and its inturned flange 17 and, ii desired, soldered. or welded in place. The body ot the pin 18 projects through the top vitali ot compartment ll and is secured in place by a metal strap 20, bent partly around a reduced neclr 21 oif the pin and having its ends 22 welded or otherwise suitably secured to the inner wall ot the upper compartment 1l. The end ci' the pin 18 is formed with a lateral projection 23 adapted to engage in the recess in theJ lower cornpartment termed by the bead 14 to loclr the compartments together in closed position.

A rouge compact 2li is held in the upper compartment by a split ring 25 of sheet metal which is sprung into the compartment and rcsiliently engages the lateral wall thereof, and a portion of the ring 25 is struck up to torni an integral resilient linger 26 under which a rougepad may be pushed and be thereby retained in. contact with the comnl pact. A powder compact 28 is similarly retained in the lower compartment by a split ring 29 of sheet metal which, as shown in Fig. 3, may be of U-shape .in cross-section `to provideior access' to a maximum surface of the compact and for greater fractional engagement with the wall of the compari`- ment. A powder puff or pad 30 is provi dcd to fit in the lower compartment 12, but as the compartment is in substantially horizontal position when thecase is in use it is not preferable or necessary to provide means on the ring 29 to hold the puff 3() in place.

The upper compartment is provided with a pro'ection 31 which fits in a recess 32 in the e ge of the mirror frame 16 when the frame is in registration with the upper compartment, as shown in Fig. 1, and which, when the mirror and frame are swung to extended position as shown in Fig. 2, is engaged by the'edge ot the frame and limits its movement. A slight depression 33 is made in the edge of the mirror or frame away from its pivot point, adapted to receive a tongue 34 on the hinge 13, and preferably integral therewith, to yieldinglv latch the mirror in register with the back of the upper compartment.

In the modified form o't latch shown in Fig. 4, the mirror or tramev is cut away as shown at 35,*` and the upper member ot' the hinge 13 is bent over into the plane of the frame, such member and the frame being i formed with opposed circumferential projections 36 and 37 which are slightly hookshaped and interlock to latch the parts together.

In the modified formshown in Figs. 6 to 9, a vanity case of rectangular shape is formed of `upper and lower compartments 38 and 39 connected by a hinge 40 and limited in their telescopic movement by a bead 41 on the lower compartment. The upper compartment is formed with grooves 42 adjacent its upper edge, such grooves extending from a point adjacent one end ot the compartment to a point adjacent the other end thereof. A mirror 43 is carried in a frame 44, of the same contour as the compartment 38 and having its edge folded over to hold the mirror in place and space the mirrorslightly from the top of the upper compartment. Near its end adjacent the hinge, the frame 44 is provided with fingers 45r which engage in the grooves 4 2 to retain the mirror upon the compartment 38 and limit its sliding movement thereon in eitherdirecti'on.y Rouge and powder compac'ts' are held in? place in they compartments ,'38 landy 39 by split rings 46 and 47, similar to rines 425 and- 29 i shown in Figs. 2 and 3, 'but` sliliped to fitvwithin the compartments. Inthe modification shown in Figs. 10 and 1-1, av round: upper-'compartment 48 is hinged 'to `a round 'lower compartment 49 at 50,

and a recess 51 is formed in the upper compartment to receive a` projection 52 on the lower compartment to latch them together. A mirror is removably held by a fiat split ring 54 in a frame 55, such frame having an inturned flange 56 `between which and the mirror the ring 54 engages. A pin 57. having a T-hcad 5S secured between the body ofthe frame 55 and its Hange 56, projects into the con'ipartment 43 and is pivotal'ly secured to the wall of the compartment by a strap 59 which extends about the pin between an enlargement 60 at its end and the top wall of the compartment. AV rouge compact 61 and a powder compact 62 are held in their respective compartments by split rings 63 and 64. which are formed with cireumferentiallyv extending corrugations, the extreme edges of these rings meeting the peripheral walls of the compartments some distance from the fiat vbottoms thereof to wedgingly secure the compacts in place. The rouge compact retaining ring 63 is formed with a spring finger 65 eut from the ring and Ibent back close to the. ring, and a rouge pad 66 is connected to a ring 67 by a tape 68, sewed to th(- pad and ring as s own in Fig. 13, so that the ring can be hooked over the spring finger 65 to retain the pad in place.

As shown in Figs. 10 and 12 the mirroiframe 55 may be latched in registry with the upperA compartment 48 by slightly hooked circumferentially extending projections 69 and 70, the former being cut from the flange 56 and bent to extend perpendicnlarly to the frame 55, and the latter being formed on the upper member of the hinge 51. And. as shown in Fig. 14, the upper member of the hinge may be corrugated to form a recess 71 therebetween, to receive a projection 72 on the mirror frame 55, similar to the projection 69 shown inl Fig. 12 but without the cireumferentially extending hooked end.

In using the vanity ease shown in F igs. 1 to 3, the ease is nnlatehed by swinging the mirror away from its position in registry with the upper compartment, as shown in Fig. 1, to free the projection 23 from the inside of the bead. The case may then be opened and, the mirror being swung about its pivot to a position in extension of the upper compartment. away from the hinge 13, and the upper compartment and mirror being swung upwardly until the mirror and the upper and lower compartments are in alignment and facing the user, as shown in Fig 2, the case as a whole can be conveniently held in one hand during use. The case shown in Figs. 6 to 9 is unlatched by compressing the edge of the lower compart- 10 will be apparent from the description of the structure shown in Figs. l to 3, aiiter it is unlatched by disengaging the projection 52 from the recess 5l in the usual manner.

It will be apparent that, it desired, the compartments may be hinged so that they' can be swung relatively only a little more than ninety degrees to the position shown in Fig. 2, and that in place oi a framed mirror a metallic mirror may be used with its latching projection integral therewith and its pivot pin secured to it in any suitable manner,

Several embodiments of the invention having been shown and described, it will be understood that the changes suggested herein as well as other alterations in the details of construction may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention `which is defined in the following claims.

The invention havingbeen shown and described, what 1s claimed iszl. A vanity case comprising upper and lower compartments havingf a hinge con nection, and a downwardly facing mirror secured to said upper compartment eXte` riorly thereof and movable relative to said compartment to a position in extension or' said upper compartment away trom said hinge connectiona 2. A vanity case comprisingF upper and lower compartments having a hinge connection, and a mirror pivoted to one ot said compartments adjacent the edge thereoil and remote from said hinge connection, to swing substantially in the plane ot said coinpart ment.'

3. A vanity case comprising opposed members normally 'facing each other to Ytorni a closed case, hinge means connecting said. members, and. a mirror carried cette riorly by one et said members and movable to a position in extension oi said member away trom said hinge means, whereby said mirror and said members may be positioned in alinement facing in the same directionu It. A. vanity case comprising a pair of members hinged together to term a case, a mirror movably secured to one of said memebers, and means controlled by movement of said mirror for latching said members in closed position,

5. i vanity case comprising a pair of members adapted to form a closed case, a hinge connecting said members, a mirror pivotally carried by one oi" said. members and movable to a position in registry with said member, and means on said mirror and said hingje cooperatingto latch said mirror in such position,

6. it vanity case comprising; a compact receivingl compartment open on one face, a cover for said compartment, and a mirror facing in the same direction as said cover and secured thereto, said mirror being; movl able from a position in registry with said cover to a position in extension thereof.

7. vanity case comprising a lower compertinent, an upper compartment, a compact in said upper com aartment, a ring wedged into said upper compartment for retaining said compact therein, and a puii retaining; linger integral with said ring.

ln testimony whereof li ation; my signature.

HARRY it. BARR. 

